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- Drunk/ langers - SR 26/April/04
- Lawks-a-mussy - Fred 26/April/04
- Lawks-a-mussy - R. Berg 26/April/04
- Dampener/damper? - Lotg 26/April/04
- Carry on like a pork chop - Lotg 25/April/04
- Jumped into the river to find my way home - Tarinus 25/April/04
- Jumped into the river - ESC 25/April/04
- It's time to break out the coats and scarves after winter - ny 25/April/04
- It's time to break out the coats and scarves after winter - Smokey Stover 25/April/04
- It's time to break out the coats and scarves after winter - Smokey Stover 25/April/04
- It's time to break out the coats and scarves after winter - Smokey Stover 25/April/04
- Job position - Undreace 25/April/04
- Email away? Practice away? - Joanie 25/April/04
- Email away? Practice away? - Smokey Stover 25/April/04
- *Fountain coke*? - Jassie 25/April/04
- *Fountain coke*? - Smokey Stover 25/April/04
- "Outdoor' movie theater - Killbill 25/April/04
- "Outdoor' movie theater - ESC 25/April/04
- If looks could kill - Sandford 25/April/04
- If looks could kill - Warthog 26/April/04
- If looks could kill - Warthog 26/April/04
- If looks could kill - Warthog 26/April/04
- Proves too much - Sipes 24/April/04
- The King always takes his ransom REDUX - Vaca 24/April/04
- The King always takes his ransom REDUX - ESC 24/April/04
- The King always takes his ransom REDUX - Lewis 26/April/04
- The King always takes his ransom REDUX - ESC 24/April/04
- Dissension of ranks - Miri Barak 24/April/04
- He "went into his con" - milena 24/April/04
- "I'd like to sleep on it" - Ward 24/April/04
- Off the beaten track - Lorraine Lockwood 24/April/04
- Off the beaten track - ESC 24/April/04
- 'Is that so""? - Jane 24/April/04
- 'Is that so""? - Old Shep 24/April/04
- To set myself apart - kNIeLLI! 24/April/04
- Re:to set myself apart - ESC 24/April/04
- "Down with" love - Killbill 24/April/04
- "Down with" love - ESC 24/April/04
- "Down with" love - Killbill 25/April/04
- "Down with" love - ESC 24/April/04
- "Hit me with your best shot" - Becky 24/April/04
- Life gets teejus don' it? - Lotg 24/April/04
- Too good by half - Lotg 24/April/04
- Too good by half - Old Shep 24/April/04
- The ghost of andy warhol - dan 23/April/04
- The ghost of andy warhol - bob24/April/04
- Speaking of the Bard - Word Camel 23/April/04
- To leave in a hurry/ a hasty departure - SR 23/April/04
- Buck Naked - Kaz 23/April/04
- Knocks something into a feathered bard's hat - mary 23/April/04
- The King always takes his ransom - Vaca 23/April/04
- The King always takes his ransom - ESC 23/April/04
- The Dover test - ESC 23/April/04
- Snake Eyes - Sarah23/April/04
- Snake Eyes - Lewis 23/April/04
- Oceans eleven - bob24/April/04
- Snake Eyes - Lewis 23/April/04
- You can make book - rob 23/April/04
- Have a bone to pick with you! - Sax 23/April/04
- Shiver me timbers - sara barbour 22/April/04
- Shiver me timbers - sara 22/April/04
- Shiver me timbers - ESC 22/April/04
- Shiver me timbers - sara 22/April/04
- White knight - Ilya 22/April/04
- Drilled and milled - Miri Barak 22/April/04
- Hit the bulls eye - jacquie 22/April/04
- Hit the bull's eye - ESC 22/April/04
- Respectfully submitted - Ward 22/April/04
- I submit - Ward 22/April/04
- How do you feel? - Jess 22/April/04
- How do you feel? - ESC 22/April/04
- Government is the problem - WordCrafter 22/April/04
- How do you feel? - ESC 22/April/04
- Like peas inapod - Sax 22/April/04
- Like peas inapod - Shae 22/April/04
- Up to your a** in alligators - Gator Jim 21/April/04
- Up to your a** in alligators - ESC 21/April/04
- Jimmy-rigged - Kate 21/April/04
- A question of meaning, for a change - Miri Barak 21/April/04
- Words order in sentence - Maria again 21/April/04
- Osmosis - Maria 21/April/04
- Osmosis - ESC 21/April/04
- The war to end wars - Ben Mellor 21/April/04
- The war to end wars - Brian from Shawnee 21/April/04
- The war to end wars - Gary 21/April/04
- The war to end wars - Henry 21/April/04
- Committed to satisfy you or Committed to satisfying you - Anwar 21/April/04
- Full of beans - ESC 21/April/04
- Sow's Ear - ESC 21/April/04
- Last Ditch Attempt - Jamie A. Woods 20/April/04
- Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater - french student 20/April/04
- Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater - ESC 20/April/04
- Stickler - Muhammad Imran Shahzad 20/April/04
- Behind the music - Fabiana 20/April/04
- Behind the music - ESC 20/April/04
- "Literature is mostly serious if not sad"? - ABC 20/April/04
- "Literature is mostly serious if not sad"? - Henry 21/April/04
- Cactus hugger - Sasha 20/April/04
- Cactus hugger - ESC 20/April/04
- A s sholes and elbows - Dale 20/April/04
- A s sholes and elbows - SR 21/April/04
- Proverb meaning and origin - Tim Wambunya 19/April/04
- Proverb meaning and origin - Bruce Kahl 20/April/04
- True believer - ESC 20/April/04
- Proverb meaning and origin - Bruce Kahl 20/April/04
- Local English Phrases - Amatire 19/April/04
- That's a whole 'nother Oprah! - Karen 19/April/04
- That's a whole 'nother Oprah! - Bookworm 19/April/04
- That's a whole 'nother Oprah! - ESC 20/April/04
- That's a whole 'nother Oprah! - Bookworm 19/April/04
- Maurice- Bookworm 19/April/04
- In New Joisey - Rube 20/April/04
- Maurice- leanne 20/April/04
- Maurice- leanne 20/April/04
- Maurice- Gary 19/April/04
- Re:Mystery word in Charlkes Lamb Poem 3/2003 - nancy Christy 19/April/04
- Re:Mystery word in Charlkes Lamb Poem 3/2003 - Shae 19/April/04
- If the devil should cast his net... - Bowcastle 19/April/04
- If the devil should cast his net... - Jess 22/April/04
- If the devil should cast his net... - ESC 20/April/04
- Flammable & inflammable - Jim 19/April/04
- Clip your wings - Sax 19/April/04
- "For goodness' sake" - Maggie 18/April/04
- "For goodness' sake" - R. Berg 18/April/04
- "For goodness' sake" - Smokey Stover 19/April/04
- "For goodness' sake" - R. Berg 18/April/04
- "The green line" (circa 1920) - Peter Sattler 18/April/04
- "The green line" (circa 1920) - ESC 19/April/04
- Unembarrassed? - Lotg 18/April/04
- Disgruntled --- gruntled? - Ward Fredericks 18/April/04
- Gruntled! - Lewis 19/April/04
- Disgruntled --- gruntled? - Ward Fredericks 18/April/04
- Negative behavior on 'her part" - Daddy-to-be! 18/April/04
- Negative behavior on 'her part" - ESC 18/April/04
- Fresh mouth - Bone 18/April/04
- *The time of day* - Jason 18/April/04
- *The time of day* - ESC 18/April/04
- *The time of day* - Smokey Stover 19/April/04
- *The time of day* - ESC 18/April/04
- A 'broken record'? - Jane J 18/April/04
- A 'broken record'? - rupa 18/April/04
- A 'broken record'? - Smokey Stover 19/April/04
- A 'broken record'? - ESC 18/April/04
- A 'broken record'? - rupa 18/April/04
- Cut some slack - Rupa 18/April/04
- Cut some slack - ESC 18/April/04
- "Pork" as a verb - tanbou1 17/April/04
- Let's blow this malt shop - michele 17/April/04
- Let's blow this malt shop - ESC 17/April/04
- "Stop that or you'll go blind" - Carol 17/April/04
- There is no such thing as free lunch - french student 17/April/04
- Free lunch - ESC 17/April/04
- Free lunch - Ssmokey Stover 18/April/04
- Free lunch - ESC 17/April/04
- Stomach, gaster - modrijan 17/April/04
- Find out about something - mary 17/April/04
- Find out about something - Smokey Stover 18/April/04
- All Hat -- and No Cattle - Ward Fredericks 17/April/04
- 420? - Bruce Kahl 16/April/04
- A camel is a horse designed by committee - Ruben P. Mendez 16/April/04
- A camel is a horse designed by committee - SR 16/April/04
- A camel is a horse designed by committee - Henry 18/April/04
- A camel is a horse designed by committee - SR 16/April/04
- "Nice guys finish last" - EE 16/April/04
- Phrase - Kathy 16/April/04
- Phrase - bob16/April/04
- Phrase - James Briggs 16/April/04
- Phrase - bob16/April/04
- The meaning of this quote - Alma Delya Villanueva 15/April/04
- The meaning of this quote - nkw 19/April/04
- The meaning of this quote - Waldo 15/April/04
- "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" 1849 - Bruce Kahl 16/April/04
- In so far as - benjamin yang 15/April/04
- In so far as - Bookworm 15/April/04
- In so far as - benjamin yang 15/April/04
- In so far as - Bookworm 15/April/04
- White paper "...less extensive than a blue book." - abe 15/April/04
- White paper, blue book - ESC 16/April/04
- Need help - Janey 15/April/04
- Need help - Smokey Stover 16/April/04
- Do a Swirly/Do a Whirly- Brian from Shawnee 15/April/04
- Loser dust - ESC 15/April/04
- Loser dust - She is a loser 15/April/04
- "And we're off said the monkey" - JJ 15/April/04
- "And we're off said the monkey" - ESC 15/April/04
- Strictly for the birds - Dan Harvey 15/April/04
- Strictly for the birds - ESC 15/April/04
- Something may pop into my head - WhiteOwl 15/April/04
- A dime a dozen - Sax 15/April/04
- A dime a dozen - meaning - Bookworm 15/April/04
- We may be through with the past... - Jesse M. Lake 15/April/04
- We may be through with the past... - ESC 16/April/04
- Question - Bill 15/April/04
- Question - Scuri Louse 15/April/04
- Origin of phrase - kenny 15/April/04
- Origin of phrase - ESC 15/April/04
- Origin of phrase - ESC 15/April/04
- Origin of phrase - ESC 15/April/04
- Differences between Commerces and Trade - EC 15/April/04
- Differences between Commerces and Trade - Cheap Trickster 15/April/04
- Stay the course - ESC 14/April/04
- Stay the course - Brian from Shawnee 15/April/04
- Stay the course - ESC 15/April/04
- Stay the course - Brian from Shawnee 15/April/04
- A phrase from the paper - steven haynes 14/April/04
- The Myth of Fingerprints - Dian 14/April/04
- The Myth of Fingerprints - Dian 16/April/04
- The Myth of Fingerprints - Dian 15/April/04
- The Myth of Fingerprints - ESC 14/April/04
- Eighty six - halley 14/April/04
- Eight theories on 86 - ESC 14/April/04
- "Teething problems" - stella 14/April/04
- Crunchy - Miri Barak 14/April/04
- Questions - rspcaf 14/April/04
- Questions - ESC 14/April/04
- Two questions - Holly 14/April/04
- Moronic interrogative - Shae 13/April/04
- Moronic interrogative - ESC 13/April/04
- Moronic interrogative - Lewis? 15/April/04
- Moronic interrogative - ESC 13/April/04
- Deep doo-doo - ESC 13/April/04
- Allears - Sax 13/April/04
- Allears - ESC 13/April/04
- Happy Dyngus Day - ESC 12/April/04
- SECOND BITE AT THE CHERRY - NAT 12/April/04
- Type SECOND BITE in the Search box up there - bob12/April/04
- Whatever floats your boat - James 11/April/04
- Whatever floats your boat - ESC 12/April/04
- "Money talks, bull**** walks" - french student 11/April/04
- "Hair on fire" + Phrase Finder credited - ESC 11/April/04
- "Cleared hot" + Phrase Finder credited - george wargo 14/April/04
- Sheep-dipped - ESC 11/April/04
- Disputed - Rube 16/April/04
- Sheep-dipped - Shae 11/April/04
- Spic and span? - ruth 11/April/04
- Wnat to know the meaning of choco bloc - V.Ananthanarayanan 11/April/04
- Little Rascals- poem-Daffodils - Squazeedle 11/April/04
- Holy dooley - j. maloney 11/April/04
- Holy dooley - Lotg 12/April/04
- Humane execution and military intelligence - Ward Fredericks 10/April/04
- Humane execution and military intelligence - ACME 10/April/04
- Moll Flanders- Ruthi10/April/04
- Moll Flanders- Miri Barak 10/April/04
- To Viviana - Henry 12/April/04
- Moll Flanders- Miri Barak 10/April/04
- "What a star" - Miri Barak 10/April/04
- Ways to say good luck - Linda 10/April/04
- Ways to say good luck - ESC 10/April/04
- Ways to say good luck - Jess 22/April/04
- Ways to say good luck - ESC 10/April/04
- Phare - FEDA OLÇAY 10/April/04
- Big noter - Lotg 10/April/04
- Thinking in this 'piecemeal ' way about your finances. - Jane J 10/April/04
- Mental 'account"? - Jane J 10/April/04
- Mental 'account"? - ESC 10/April/04
- Thanks! - Jane J 13/April/04
- Mental 'account"? - ESC 10/April/04
- Ways to say "Good Luck" - L 10/April/04
- Ways to say "Good Luck" - ESC 10/April/04
- Ways to say "Good Luck" - ESC 10/April/04
- Ways to say "Good Luck" - ESC 10/April/04
- Toaster - nkerr 09/April/04
- Toaster - R. Berg 09/April/04
- "Get Your Cookies" - Fred Durst 09/April/04
- "Get Your Cookies" - ESC 10/April/04
- Can anyone help wit htis please - Rick 09/April/04
- Here u go slick Ricky - Danny Machal 09/April/04
- Connecting the dots - Ward Fredericks 09/April/04
- Shanky-looking guy - MichaelFR 09/April/04
- Shanky or Skanky??? - Lotg 10/April/04
- Shanky or Skanky??? - MichaelFR 10/April/04
- Shanky or Skanky??? - Lotg 10/April/04
- Can anyone help me find a book I need? - Kelly Baker09/April/04
- Can anyone help me find a book I need? - Gary 09/April/04
- Oxford dictionary of Idioms - Miri Barak 14/April/04
- Can anyone help me find a book I need? - Gary 09/April/04
- Home Chimes - Natty 08/April/04
- Thank you very much! - Natty 12/April/04
- Home Chimes - R. Berg 08/April/04
- Home Chimes - Brian from Shawnee 09/April/04
- Question??? - Tami 08/April/04
- Trial by fire - greg 07/April/04
- Rose Rose Rose Rose- Ruthi07/April/04
- Rose Rose Rose Rose- Bruce Kahl 08/April/04
- Rose Rose Rose Rose- Ursula 15/April/04
- Rose Rose Rose Rose- Bruce Kahl 08/April/04
- Wrong hill to die on??? - Jaime07/April/04
- Meaning of "kiss of death" - Moise 07/April/04
- "Kiss of death" - ESC 07/April/04
- Have you heard this phrase? - rob 06/April/04
- Have you heard this phrase? - ESC 06/April/04
- Play the white man - Abe Wilson 06/April/04
- There's no telling - R. Berg 06/April/04
- A "dummy marriage"? - Jane J 06/April/04
- A "dummy marriage"? - ESC 06/April/04
- Men "on the down low" - ESC 06/April/04
- "Draw a clear bead" - MichaelFR 06/April/04
- Never on a Sunday - Don Williamson 06/April/04
- Never on a Sunday - ESC 06/April/04
- Never on a Sunday - SR 06/April/04
- Never on a Sunday - ESC 06/April/04
- Burn and churn - SFC 06/April/04
- Burn and churn - bob06/April/04
- Help with a saying, please...... - Shygirl 05/April/04
- Help with a saying, please...... - Rube 07/April/04
- Help with a saying, please...... - Bruce Kahl 06/April/04
- Help with a saying, please...... - James Briggs 06/April/04
- Tyranny of the Immediate - Amy 05/April/04
- Tyranny of the Immediate - Henry 05/April/04
- Quote - Renee 05/April/04
- Where old sayings come from. And what they mean. - lisa tidiman 05/April/04
- Where old sayings come from. And what they mean. - Elaine Wright 22/April/04
- Where old sayings come from. And what they mean. - Shae 05/April/04
- Help with a request - James Briggs 05/April/04
- Barefoot girl - Speeth 05/April/04
- Barefoot girl - ESC 05/April/04
- Barefoot girl - Henry 05/April/04
- Barefoot girl - ESC 05/April/04
- Knock it - Miri Barak 05/April/04
- Fart in an elevator - Acme 05/April/04
- Fart in an elevator - norwolhap 08/April/04
- Fart in an elevator - bob06/April/04
- Fart in an elevator - Barney 06/April/04
- Goon it up - DH 05/April/04
- Goon it up - Bruce Kahl 05/April/04
- Silly? - Rube 08/April/04
- Goon it up - Bruce Kahl 05/April/04
- Blow like stink - DJ Findyne 05/April/04
- Blow like stink - ESC 10/April/04
- 23 Skidoo - Margo 05/April/04
- 23 Skidoo - ESC 05/April/04
- Meaning of the phrase - esther bradley 04/April/04
- Old turkey - Henry 04/April/04
- Old turkey/ rainwater - SR 07/April/04
- Old turkey - Henry 04/April/04
- Keep your friends close... - - 04/April/04
- Keep your friends close... - Henry 04/April/04
- Keep your friends close... - Lewis 05/April/04
- Keep your friends close... - Henry 04/April/04
- "So long" - Loretta 04/April/04
- In a *heap*? - Jane J 04/April/04
- Yes a pile - Rube 07/April/04
- In a *heap*? - ESC 04/April/04
- Talking in "circles' - Jane J 04/April/04
- Talking in "circles' - ESC 04/April/04
- Talking in- Jane J 06/April/04
- Talking in "circles' - ESC 04/April/04
- Daylight Saving Time or is it Daylight Savings Time? - Bruce Kahl 04/April/04
- Lightning never strikes twice - Wren 03/April/04
- Lightning never strikes twice - ESC 03/April/04
- Lightning never strikes twice - SR 07/April/04
- Lightning never strikes twice - ESC 03/April/04
- Expression - HCD 03/April/04
- Expression - Bruce Kahl 03/April/04
- Full up - Henry 04/April/04
- Expression - Bruce Kahl 03/April/04
- "To clarify" or "to clarity"? - leigh 03/April/04
- All clear - Henry 03/April/04
- To be worth a button - ivi 03/April/04
- Button-holed - Henry 03/April/04
- Tired, so tired - ESC 03/April/04
- Button-holed - Henry 03/April/04
- Quotation attributed to Goethe - Joe Esposito 03/April/04
- Cohorts of the devil - ESC 03/April/04
- Bloody shirt - - 03/April/04
- Bloody shirt - ESC 03/April/04
- Frumpy - Muhammad Imran 02/April/04
- Frumpy - Henry 02/April/04
- "But all's fly with the tents" - Miri Barak 02/April/04
- Re:Fly - ESC 02/April/04
- Re:Fly - Miri Barak 02/April/04
- Re:Fly - ESC 02/April/04
- Tolkien: "Rede is oft found at the rising of the sun" - Ines 02/April/04
- Tolkien: "Rede is oft found at the rising of the sun" - Henry 02/April/04
- Tolkien: "Rede is oft found at the rising of the sun" - ESC 02/April/04
- Tolkien: "Rede is oft found at the rising of the sun" - Henry 02/April/04
- WHATS THE SAYING? - LIZ K 02/April/04
- Better half - sax 02/April/04
- My better half - ESC 02/April/04
- "Bloody blowing" - Miri Barak 02/April/04
- Set up - sphinx 02/April/04
- Set up - Smokey Stover 02/April/04
- Set up - Smokey Stover 02/April/04
- Set up - Smokey Stover 02/April/04
- "The first one home is a thief" - Bruce 02/April/04
- Also the term "goombye please"...? - Beth 02/April/04
- Goom bye - ESC 02/April/04
- Does anybody know... - Beth02/April/04
- Beck and call - ESC 02/April/04
- A four-clor brochure ? - Michelle 02/April/04
- A four-clor brochure ? - Amy 02/April/04
- Flipping burgers &emptying wastebaskets - celina 02/April/04
- Noblesse oblige - noritakelady 01/April/04
- Noblesse oblige - Shae 02/April/04
- Noblesse oblige - ESC 02/April/04
- Noblesse oblige - Shae 02/April/04
- "This is the kicker" - steady 01/April/04
- Washington read - ESC 01/April/04
- Washington read - Hillary 01/April/04
- Shi shi???? - Amy 01/April/04
- Chichi - ESC 01/April/04
- Druthers - origin. - Amy 01/April/04
- Druthers - origin. - ESC 01/April/04
- "Keep your friends close but your enemies closer" - nmatt@aol.com01/April/04
- Hat in Hand - Sax 01/April/04
- Hat in Hand - Smokey Stover 01/April/04
- Phrases "fortune" - Tim 01/April/04
- Phrases "fortune" - ESC 01/April/04
- French Idiom - Gabriella 01/April/04
- What does ok mean? - Sue 31/March/04
- Infant Terrible - Cam 31/March/04
- Infant Terrible - Henry 31/March/04
- I think you mean "L'enfant terrible" - Bruce Kahl 31/March/04
- I"L'enfant terrible" - Smokey Stover 01/April/04
- Old Tom and other questions - Natty 31/March/04
- 12 a.m./p.m. - time 31/March/04
- 12 a.m./p.m. - Smokey Stover 31/March/04
- 12 a.m./p.m. - Smokey Stover 31/March/04
- 12 a.m./p.m. - Smokey Stover 31/March/04
- Hothouse Flower - Alan 31/March/04
- Hothouse Flower - ESC 31/March/04
- Hothouse Flower - Smokey Stover 01/April/04
- Hothouse Flower - ESC 31/March/04
- Chalk it up - Olebucky 30/March/04
- Chalk it up - KC 30/March/04
- Skeezix - Barbara Weakley 30/March/04
- Meaning of the phrase - Pauline Roper 30/March/04
- TV news segues - ESC 30/March/04
- TV news segues - Lunatic 31/March/04
- TV news segues - ESC 30/March/04
- TV news segues - R. Berg 30/March/04
- Is a little knowledge a dangerous thing? - Brett 30/March/04
- A bridge too far - - 29/March/04
- No spring chicken! - Sax 29/March/04
- No spring chicken! - Smokey Stover 29/March/04
- No spring chicken! - Shae 29/March/04
- No spring chicken! - ESC 29/March/04
- French Idiom
- Flipping burgers &emptying wastebaskets
- WHATS THE SAYING?
- Daylight Saving Time or is it Daylight Savings Time?
- "so long"
- Question???
- Happy Dyngus Day
- Tense
- A question of meaning, for a change
- Mintage of man
- Jimmy-rigged
- Too much, too soon
- "I'd like to sleep on it"
- Centipede a pint
- Proves too much